I'm not sure what this Spanish-language show is all about, but I'm watching it right now due to a sudden and severe cold making actual work all but impossible. The show appears to be some combination of game show, karaoke, and dancing women in various stages of undress. Who says Japan has all the good shows???

Long overdue.

I always get angry mail when I write stories like this. Invariably they accuse me of glamorizing the hacker and ask whether it's ok to try to break into my house just to "test" security. The irony is that the companies that are hacked are always happy to hear from me -- since they're getting warning about a security hole and can do something about it quickly -- and the people effected by the hole have a right to know their data was compromised, right? Forest, trees, whatever...

When was the last time you were this happy?*

PS My wife reeks of garlic. Help.

*No, I have no idea what's up with the lazy eye. She doesn't have that in real life.

My old pal Martin Sargent's new show premieres tonight on TechTV... 11pm, it seems. Check it out!

Am I crazy, or did the ad on the radio just hype a movie called The In Dash Laws???

I suddenly have enormous respect for Vincent Gallo. So many of today's filmmakers and stars need to sign on with him on this vow...

I wrote the script, much of the story outline, and hundreds of pages of dialogues for the videogame Amen: The Awakening (meant to be the first part of a trilogy) in 1995-96. The game got cancelled, but remnants of it still survive on the web. Check it out. (Link courtesy Charles Statman, who I named a character in the game after... fans of my fiction know I have a bad habit of doing that.)

Is Gillette surfing weblogs? 2 weeks ago I mocked the Mach 3 razor and plans for a four-bladed razor. Today, a free sample Mach 3 arrived in the mail along with some coupons and a form letter from the company ("Dear Valued Customer"). I know I'm not on any customer list since I haven't bought a disposable razor in 5-6 years (I use an electric). So is this just junk mail/coincidence or is someone out there paying attention?

Luddite? Can't blame ya.

Thrill seekers.

On the freeway today I ran over what looked like a fluttering piece of paper... turned out it was a lost license plate. It took a big chunk out of my fender as it clattered under my car. Nice. Thanks, people.

Respect for my field: (from an ad for the upcoming Agent Cody Banks DVD)

* Audio Commentary with Director Harald Zwart, Frankie Muniz and Angie Harmon
* Audio Commentary with a writer

Oddity: The first disc of the Pearl Harbor DVD (the first half of the movie!) is in the top 10 all time rentals at Netflix. The second disc -- that is, the conclusion of the film -- does not even rank in the top 100. (In other words, few people cared enough to watch the end!)

Neat Google trick.

These Pringles are all smashed! What's up with that!?

I don't know how to react to the Jayson Blair story. Part of me says that's what you get for not fact-checking stories, and part of me says that's what readers get for believing everything they read just because it's in The New York Times. Part of me wonders how hard it can possibly be to get a job there. Part of me is disgusted with the difficulty people seem to have in firing poor performers (Blair was warned about his work several times and placed on notice that his job was on the line), though nothing legally prevents it. But the newest part of me is resigned to accept that crime does indeed pay. If I was Blair, I'd totally write the book. You'd have to be a sap to believe anything in it, of course, but that's for the publisher to work out.

This is a joke: There really is an airline called SARS AIR, and this really is their website.

(Yeah, that's an update thanks to Laura... that's what I get for believing press releases.)

I'm wearing my wizard hat right now.

Life imitates Half Mast.

Remember when a three-blade razor was just a joke on Saturday Night Live ("because you'll buy anything"). Now it's Gillette's most popular business line. Well, here comes the freakin' four-blade razor. People: YOU ARE CATTLE.

Made a pilgrimage to SFMOMA today... boy, the current exhibits are true disappointments.

Paul Klee made some impressive works of art. Unfortunately none of these works were on display today. Instead there were 140 or so scribbles and doodles, some on the backs of pages ripped out from books. For an exhibit meant to be one of the most comprehensive looks at Klee's life, how about a few of the hits?

I was also curious about the Reel Sculpture: Film into Art exhibit, only to find it something entirely different than what I expected. Note to filmmakers: Why would you think I would want to go into a little room and watch your (poor) movie jumping around on five different TVs? Why not make a regular movie and spare us the video art nonsense? And what museum would put on such a show? There's a reason why people would wander into the room and quickly leave. Because it sucked. Bill Viola I can appreciate. This kind of junk needs to stop.

That said, the enormous Andreas Gurksy photos are very impressive. See those.

Ah, remember when you didn't have to actually buy or sell anything on eBay to leave feedback for someone?

I've thought for a long while about going into business full-time suing telemarketers and spammers, we get so many junk calls and mailings. What's holding me back? Too much damn work. Here's a great step-by-step guide to suing telemarketers for $500 a pop.

Most curious moment at the World Wine Market this Friday: Vampire brand wine (and red vodka) from Transylvania

I have this funky bruise on my right pinky, right on the largest knuckle. It is blackish, swollen, and itches. Reading this is for some reason making it scary.

Interesting treatment of misleading newspaper headlines -- part of the reason I stopped reading newspapers (especially the local!). Link courtesy Matt Langdon.

You've got... er, something.